Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-30
BLAINES IRISH VOTE
GosslpThat the McGIynn-COrrigaDT Trouble
Dates From the Campaign of 'S4.

| GossiplT hat the McGlynn-Corrtgan TrouDle
Dates From the Campaign of 'S4.
NEW YORK, April % The EoeRiHg Post
prints the following in its local columns
to-day. The story published in morning
newspaper yesterday, in which DR.. Nc
Glynn was quoted as saying that the oppo-
sition to him on the part of Archbishop
Corrigan was due to Mr.. McGlynn's advo-
cacy Of Cleveland against Blaine, has cans-
ed a great amount of discussion among
local politicians. This morning the state
ment was supplemented by detailed ae-
count of the way in which the canvass of
Mr.. Blaine was aided by the influence OF
the Roman Catholic Church, and it is
alleged that orders were issued by Arch
bishop COrrigan that every possible effort
should be made TO secure Blaine's cleo
ton. Whether or not such orders were Is
sued is disputed question, but it is ad-
mitted by all that heavy Irish vote, for
merly Democratic, was cast for the Repub-
lican Presidential candidate. Whether
this was done solely to the fact that Mr..
Blaine was likely to pursue vigorous
policy" in respect to Irish affairs, or
whether it was because of his family con-
nection with the Roman Catholic Church,
is another question.
A we'll known member Of Tammany Hall
said this morning: II believe there Is
much more in this story than is generally
believed know this much, that in every
district there were hundreds of Tammany
men who voted for Blaine and openly
worked for him, and who bOasted Of it at
the polls. 1t is true that after the meet
ing of John Kelly and Mr.. Cleveland the
influence of Tammany Hall was ostRnsibly
thrown in Cleveland's favor, but there was
no hearty enthusiasm for his candidacy in
the organization, except on the part of eX-
Register Reilly and one or two other
leaders. One man who was intimately as
sociated with Mr.. Reilly told me a few days
before the election that fully twO-thirds of
the men in the Registers office were
quietly working for Blaine, and in other
city departments the proportion of Blaine
men was still larger. This Democratic sup
port of Blaine came chiefly from Irishmen
and members of Tammany Hall, who were
also members of the Roman Catholic
church. think it is more than probable
that this charge that orders were issued by
Archbishop COrrigan to defeat Mr.. Cleve-
land is true, for know that many Roman
Catholics said to me only few days before
the election that Blaine would carry this
State-that there was revolution work
ing which would accomplish this, which
had not yet been perceived. l always
said, i'll reply to this, that there were two
revolutions working, and that the men
who were supporting Blaine only saw one.
Long before Cleveland was nominated
this opposition was manifested OH the part
of Tammany Hall and the Roman Catholic
Church, because it was charged that he
was instrumental in having the bill giving
public school moneys to the Roman Cath
ollie institutions killed in the Senate.
Then, again, there was q strong opposition
to Cleveland on the part Of some Roman
Catholics, because Of a story published
concerning his early life, and Blaine was
favored because he was man of family.
Mr.. Blaine's mother was q Roman CathO-
lie, and many of his relations were also
me nbers of that Church. Then, too,
Blaine's advocacy of the cause of Ireland,
brought him the votes of thousands Of
Irishmen, and Mr.. Cleveland then had no
national record"
Another well-knOwn Tammany man
said: 81 do not think the heavy vote pOlled
by Blaine in those districts of the city
where Irish Roman Catholics live can be
taken as conclusive proof of any orders di-
rect or indirect that the support of the
church should be given to his canvass.
His public utterances on the Irish question
aud his leaning toward the Roman Catho-
lie Church naturally drew to him a large
number of votes from this class. IcOnfess
that up to two weeks before the election /
had little hope that Cleveland would carry
this State The alliterate utterance of
DR. Burchard, | believe, was the one thing
that settled the election. Thousands of
Irish Democrats in the district where was
at work told me that they would vote for
Blaine, but on election day only a small
proportion of them did so. If any such
orders were issued by leaders in the Ro-
man Catholic Church, the fact was kept
very quiet, for made very careful can
vass of the district where l live, and
could fiud nothing TO substantiate any